Michele Angelo Bergonzi, Cremona, 1750, the 'Hamma, Segelmann'
Violin: 41177
Back: Two-piece, quarter-cut, with intense flaming, rising from the treble to the bass side; wings on both sides of the lower bouts
Varnish: Medium-brown over a golden-yellow base
Length of back: 35.0 cm
Upper bouts: 16.2 cm
Middle bouts: 10.3 cm
Lower bouts: 20 cm
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Provenance
| 1945-1992 | Gerald Segelman |
| 1992-1995 | Segelman Trust |
| ... | ... |
| from 1995 and in 2002 | Oesterreichische Nationalbank |
Known players
Eszter Haffner
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1995) X-1177.- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1949)
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References
Festspiele, Konzerte und Matineen aus dem Hause styriarte
Masterpieces of Violin-Making: The Collection of Bowed Stringed Instruments of the Oesterreische Nationalbank, Rudolf Hopfner, Skira, Milan (illustrated)- Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
- Mr Black's Violins: The extraordinary obsession of Gerald Segelman, Andrew Hooker, Cozio Publishing, Boston (illustrated)
- Peter Biddulph photographic archives
- Startseite - Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)